So Big!

I have been playing So Big with Stella for maybe a month now, and her Nana (daycare) has been playing it with her too. I'd raise my arms and say it, then would raise Stella's arms for her. I think that's the standad procedure for a 5-month-old. Tonight, my mom was over and Stella was sitting on my lap facing my mom. She happened to put her arms above her head and so my mom said "so big!", which prompted Stel to do it again. Now every time we say "so big!" She puts her arms up. It is SO STINKING CUTE!!!
Kate

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

If you didn't get a Christmas card from this Fluge family yet, stop checking your mailbox because you won't see one!  I skipped it this year.  Merry Christmas!  



Good Guy

Sami: "I like your boots Mommy. Where'd you get 'em?"
Me: "Gander Mountain"
Sami: "Who buyed them for you?"
Me: "Daddy."
Sami: "Oh. He's a good guy."
Kate

11/17/06 @ 7:26 PM

That's the time that this beautiful, smart, sassy little four-year-old came out of my belly.  Well...she wasn't four then.  Duh! Samantha has been having a great birthday.  She got to celebrate at daycare with all of her friends.  They had cake and ice cream, they sang to her, and she got presents.  Then we picked her up for her home party, where we had pizza, cake & ice cream, presents, a treasure hunt and now it's movie time! 

 ^ Showing off the new number 4 ^

 ^ After she ate her pizza she was allowed to FINALLY open her presents ^

 ^ On the treasure hunt for the GOLDEN COINS.  After finding four golden coins, she got to open up her last present!! ^

^ Opening the last present of the night.  It was Toy Story 3 (you see it laying there on the floor).  She chucked it right out of the box without even looking at it, expecting something bigger and better in there.

Happy 4th Birthday Sami!!!

Stella in Kansas

These were taken Halloween weekend when me, Stella and Karina went to KS to visit my younger sister, Leah. Stella was so happy to finally meet her aunt/godmother, uncle/godfather Nick and grandma Angela (or Grang, as I like to call her). Was a quick and well worth it trip.  Wish we could have stayed longer, but glad we got to be there even for just a few days. 

Round 3

Joe got another dog, again.  His name is Jett and he is 13 or 14 weeks old. He's a pretty good little pup and Leroy is extremely happy to have a friend again. 

Baby on Blog

CAUTION:  Baby on blog is smaller than appears! 

Some of the pictures I have posted of Stella make her seem huge, but she isn't really that huge.  The camera adds 10 pounds, you know. This picture of her little bubble face is one of the few that doesn't make her seem like a giant.

Little Stella Jo had a week or so where she was not seen without a little patch of bubbles around her mouth (see photo above).  She is finding her thumb A LOT quicker now.  Talking more and more every day.  And she just started laughing out loud today!  She's also becoming more independent every day.  She's been hanging out on her activity mat all night long tonight, all by herself.  She smiled and kicked, then dozed off for a little bit, woke up and started smiling, kicking and chatting away again.

Sami learned to ride a bicycle without training wheels last Thursday, thanks to her wonderful daycare providers!  She is also starting to go to bed on her own again, FINALLY!!

50 Dollars

"Mama, look! I'm helping you clean up so I can have 50 dollars!" 

What Stella thinks of Sami's dance class.
Kate